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dictionaries

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dictionaries.

Editorial note

Doable, but voice recognition is severely lacking outside of targeted small dictionaries, and a simple wav file can beat it.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dictionaries gathered in one view.

noun

Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.

noun

(figurative) A person or thing regarded as a repository or compendium of information.

noun

(preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dictionaries.

noun

Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.

noun

(figurative) A person or thing regarded as a repository or compendium of information.

noun

(preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.

noun

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.

Example sentences

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Doable, but voice recognition is severely lacking outside of targeted small dictionaries, and a simple wav file can beat it.

2

Oh, and you might want to inform all dictionaries they have the incorrect definition of universal.

3

Think about how ugly things can turn if you have things like lists or dictionaries.

4

What about distributed metadata dictionaries/taxonomies describing the content and syncing via something like pubsubhubbub?

5

All dictionaries, grammar processing, image processing, DNN - the whole stack runs on phone.

6

And these are historic real-world movements; the definitions don't come from dictionaries.

7

It blocks highlighting/selecting text, which negates the main value of reading electronic books: immediate access to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and reference sources.

8

The people who write dictionaries are perfectly pragmatic about this.

9

I remember hearing that a similar technique is used to spot infringement in dictionaries.

10

I remembering buying CD's for $10-$20 to get stuff like word processors and dictionaries.

11

I'm even more surprised that other dictionaries I checked also missed this.

12

I wonder why set operations were never supported for dictionaries.

Quote examples

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Dictionaries all seem to include "separated from the main part" or something similar.

2

On the other hand, stating "they could still maintain similar performance" for immutable dictionaries is misleading at best (you are right for dictionary sizes approaching 0).

3

"Landesverrat" is the crime of communicating state secrets to a foreign power; this does not match the definition of "treason" that you find in English dictionaries [1].

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Schema versioning is a huge problem at many companies, especially non-tech companies where the developers are completely at the mercy of their "business stakeholders", and since full-fledged data dictionaries don't exist for almost anything, using simple comments like this could be a boon.

Proper noun examples

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Dictionaries almost never change, so you can flatten the pointer data (and maybe even inline the words if you're a masochist) without worrying.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dictionaries in a sentence?

Doable, but voice recognition is severely lacking outside of targeted small dictionaries, and a simple wav file can beat it.

What does dictionaries mean?

Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.

What part of speech is dictionaries?

dictionaries is commonly used as noun.